Artificial Intelligence

Curant.ai Raises $3.1 Million Seed Round Led By Diagram For AI-Powered Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Curant.ai has raised $3.1 million in seed funding to expand its AI platform for insurance claims and support broader adoption across the industry. The round was led by Diagram, with participation from Humania Insurance, Element Ventures, Blue Plains Capital and several angel investors.

Atera: Interview With Chief Product Officer Tal Dagan About The IT Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Atera provides an all-in-one, AI-powered IT management platform that combines Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM), helpdesk, and ticketing. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Atera Chief Product Officer Tal Dagan to learn more.

Harmony Raises $34 Million Seed Round Led By Lightspeed To Scale AI Employee Support Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Harmony has raised $34 million in seed funding to expand an artificial intelligence platform that resolves employee requests across IT, human resources, finance, procurement and legal functions. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Hitachi Ventures, Fin Capital, Mercer Ventures and Operator Partners. Angel investors included members of the Wiz founding team, including Assaf Rappaport, and Eon.io co-founder and CEO Ofir Ehrlich.

PwC China Launches AI Innovation Centre In Shanghai

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

PwC China has launched an AI Innovation Centre in Shanghai to help businesses turn artificial intelligence research and emerging technologies into scalable commercial applications.

Cycode Launches Agentic Workflows To Automate Application Security Response

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Cycode has introduced Agentic Workflows, a new capability that uses AI agents to detect, prioritize, and address application security risks as soon as they appear.

Vena To Acquire Morpheo AI To Advance Vena Omega Finance AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Vena Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morpheo AI, an enterprise agentic data platform that prepares and structures fragmented business information for artificial intelligence applications.

Entegrata Appoints Andrew Baker As Chief AI And Data Strategy Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Entegrata has appointed Andrew Baker as Chief AI and Data Strategy Officer to lead the development of its artificial intelligence enablement strategy for law firms.

Spur Intelligence Secures $200 Million From Insight Partners To Scale IP Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Spur Intelligence has secured a $200 million investment from Insight Partners to expand its internet protocol intelligence platform as businesses face growing fraud and cybersecurity risks involving VPNs, residential proxies, bots and AI-driven infrastructure.

Throne Science Raises $10 Million Series A For AI-Powered Smart Toilet Sensor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Throne Science has raised $10 million in Series A funding to expand its team and advance research and development for its smart toilet sensor, which tracks digestive health, hydration, and urinary patterns. The round was led by Will Ventures, with participation from Emerson Collective, Workshop, LEAD VC, Salt VC, Accomplice, Moxxie, Ventures Together, Symphony, Felix Capital, Cosmic Venture Partners, Offscript, V1.VC and Morrison Seger.

Safe Superintelligence And NVIDIA Form Long-Term AI Compute Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Safe Superintelligence and NVIDIA have entered into a long-term strategic partnership intended to accelerate SSI's artificial intelligence research and substantially expand its computing capacity.

Greyparrot Raises $27 Million Series B To Expand AI Waste Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Greyparrot has raised $27 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-powered waste-analysis network and build a larger data platform to measure recoverable materials. The round was led by technology investor Omar Mir and brings Greyparrot's total funding to $60 million.

ICON And Anthropic Form Multi-Year Collaboration To Bring Claude AI Across Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

ICON has entered into a multi-year collaboration with Anthropic to integrate Claude's artificial intelligence capabilities across the clinical trial lifecycle.

Core Scientific And AMD Partner To Deploy Up To 2.5 Gigawatts Of AI Data Center Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

Core Scientific and AMD have formed an infrastructure partnership under which AMD will secure up to 2.5 gigawatts of data center capacity for customers deploying its artificial intelligence technologies.

Qnity Launches Two New High-Performance Thermal Interface Materials for AI, Automotive and High-Power Electronic Applications

By Shan Sadiq ● Jul 28, 2026

Qnity Electronics has launched two new thermal interface materials designed to help engineers manage rising heat levels across artificial intelligence systems, advanced computing, automotive electronics and other high-power applications.

OpenAI Outlines Commitments For AI Infrastructure Project In Effingham County, Georgia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

OpenAI announced initial commitments guiding Project Camellia, a long-term data center project it is designing and developing in Effingham County, Georgia. To support the facility, OpenAI is contracting with Georgia Power Company for 3.2 gigawatts of power, to be delivered in phases between 2028 and 2032.

NVIDIA And Industry Leaders Launch Open Secure AI Alliance For AI Safety And Cybersecurity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2026

NVIDIA and more than 35 technology, cybersecurity, cloud computing and artificial intelligence organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open technologies for protecting software, AI agents and critical digital infrastructure.

TrustedTech: Interview With VP Of Technology Andy Nolan About Shadow AI And Enterprise Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

TrustedTech operates across licensing, cloud solutions, professional services, and security, helping organizations build a cohesive technology strategy that connects licensing decisions with cloud infrastructure, security posture, and AI readiness. Pulse 2.0 interviewed their VP of Technology, Andy Nolan, to learn more.

OpenAI Launches Health In ChatGPT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

OpenAI announced the launch of Health in ChatGPT to U.S. users, allowing people to securely connect Apple Health and supported medical records so that ChatGPT can help them understand their health information in context, track changes over time, and have more personalized conversations. The feature is rolling out today to logged-in ChatGPT users 18 and older in the U.S. on web and iOS, across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, though it is not yet available in Codex.

HSBC To Establish Global AI Centre Of Excellence In Singapore

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

HSBC announced it is launching a Global AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore in the second half of 2026, aimed at developing artificial intelligence capabilities that can be scaled across the bank's global network. The centre will initially focus on enhancing customer wealth journey conversations, introducing agentic treasury solutions, and developing AI-enabled digital payments.

MetaOptics To Deploy Its Direct Laser Writer At University Of Arizona’s Center Of Semiconductor Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

MetaOptics announced an agreement to deploy its metalens Direct Laser Writer system at the University of Arizona's Center of Semiconductor Manufacturing, marking a step in the company's U.S. expansion strategy. Installation is expected to begin in 2027.

Calix: Interview With Chief Product Officer Shane Eleniak About Agentic AI For Broadband Providers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Calix provides a vertical platform built specifically for broadband service providers, spanning access networks and customer premises systems through cloud software, managed services, and agentic AI. The company focuses on helping providers grow their businesses, simplify operations, and improve subscriber experiences. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Calix Chief Product Officer Shane Eleniak to learn more.

UnityAI: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Edmund Jackson About Scaling Healthcare Operations With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

UnityAI builds AI agents for autonomous healthcare operations, centered primarily around scheduling and coordination. Many of those agents are voice-enabled, handling everything from referral queues and rescheduling and load-balancing to pre-visit prep and post-visit surveys. The company is led by CEO and Co-Founder Edmund Jackson. Pulse 2.0 interviewed UnityAI CEO & Co-Founder Edmund Jackson to learn more.

Nvidia Reportedly In Talks With OpenAI To Guarantee $250 Billion Financing For Data Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall Street Journal reported. The backstop would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project in southern Ohio being developed by SoftBank's energy subsidiary, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bystro AI: Interview With Founder Alex Kotlar About Making Genomic Data Accessible Through Conversational AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

Bystro AI is a Boston-based genomics platform that allows researchers, clinicians, and individuals to search and interpret genetic data using conversational AI, making complex genomic information accessible and actionable so users can query DNA data as easily as they would search the web. The company is led by Founder Alex Kotlar, PhD. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Bystro AI Founder Alex Kotlar to learn more.

SK Group And NVIDIA Announce $500+ Billion Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories And Next-Generation Memory

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

SK Group and NVIDIA announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to build AI infrastructure serving surging global compute demand. The two companies signed letters of intent formalizing an agreement that spans AI factory construction and AI memory supply.

HCLTech Announces $1.6 Billion AI Data Center In Bhubaneswar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

HCLTech announced plans to establish its first AI Data Center in the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park, in partnership with Sarvam and the Government of Odisha. The planned capital outlay for the project is Rs 14,257 crores, approximately $1.6 billion, including financial assistance from the Government of Odisha. The announcement follows HCLTech's July 13, 2026 disclosure of its planned entry into the full-stack AI market.

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

Anthropic announced the release of Claude Opus 5, a model the company describes as approaching the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at roughly half the price. On coding and knowledge work evaluations including Frontier-Bench and GDPval-AA, Opus 5 sets a new state-of-the-art among Anthropic's models, though it remains behind Mythos 5 on cybersecurity tasks. Opus 5 is now the default model on Claude Max and the strongest model available on Claude Pro.

QumulusAI Signs A $32 Million Two-Year NVIDIA Blackwell B300 Agreement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

QumulusAI announced a signed two-year agreement valued at more than $32 million to supply NVIDIA Blackwell B300 capacity to an AI inference platform provider focused on generative AI applications. The agreement includes renewal options, with capacity expected to come online in the fall of 2026.

Intel Forecasts Strong Third-Quarter Revenue As AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 25, 2026

Intel reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.1 billion, up 25% year over year, marking what CEO Lip-Bu Tan called the company's strongest revenue growth in more than fifteen years. The company forecast third-quarter 2026 revenue of $15.8 billion to $16.8 billion, above Wall Street expectations, and raised its 2026 capital expenditure estimate to $20 billion from $18 billion. The improved outlook reflects growing adoption of Intel's data center CPUs by customers building AI infrastructure.

AegisAI Raises $36 Million Series A To Fight AI Spear Phishing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 24, 2026

AegisAI, an email security company building its own large language models to defend the inbox, announced a $36 million Series A led by Battery Ventures, with participation from existing investors Accel and Foundation Capital. The round brings the company's total funding to $49 million, less than a year after emerging from stealth. AegisAI will use the funding to scale its fleet of autonomous defense agents, accelerate general availability of Vanguard, its agent that hunts threats beyond the inbox, and expand enterprise go-to-market efforts.